After mistakenly announcing the death of former president Jiang Zemin on 6 July, SVP and VP in charged of the news broadcast in ATV resigned yesterday. It took two months to drag them down.
It was rumoured that the false alarm was rang by the chairman of ATV. And the chairman's will overrode editorial independence. As stated by the SVP, he could not stop the coverage, which was an understatement of the prevalence of the big boss.
However, it was interesting to see ATV's coverage on the SVP's departure. He was labeled as "the conscience of news". What a big name. By sacrificing the press autonomy, as well as its leaders, the news section got a piece of big yet wrong news. But, where is the element of conscience?
And, with that kind of emotional label added on their beloved leader and publicly announced, neutrality conceded.
Everybody loses.
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